Are you an early-stage company aiming for growth? Do you have an innovative product, process, or service going after a statewide, regional or national market? Maybe you have a small team and early sales and you’re ready for the next stage of growth.
If so, you may want to find an accelerator program that can help you scale more quickly. Accelerators are mentor-driven programs that can help you focus your strategies and build market and other networks in short periods of time. Many are focused on specific cohorts, such as food or technologies, and can last a few months or up to a year.
Check out the UpStart Navigator’s Early Stage High Growth line and click on the Accelerators neighborhood. There you can explore the offerings of several Maine accelerators and connect with them directly:
Cultivator – food and beverage startups
MCE BioStartup – bioscience startups
MIRTA (Maine Innovation Research and Technology Accelerator) – UMaine-based, helping teams from Maine research institutions to move lab discoveries into the marketplace
Scratchpad – upcoming (Jan. 2025) cohort is food products & related technologies
MCE Top Gun – a statewide program with a Bangor Region cohort run by UpStart Maine, for scalable startups
Special thanks to the Trainmaster sponsor of the Early Stage High Growth line, Maine Technology Institute, and the Engineer sponsor of this line, Bangor Savings Bank. Click on their “billboards” on the Early Stage High Growth page to find how they can help.
Thanks also to all our other sponsors that make the UpStart Navigator possible and provide new businesses with valuable services:
- Machias Savings Bank
- Eastern Maine Development Corp.
- Hub Program Katahdin Trust Co.,
- Rudman Winchell
- Starboard Leadership
- First National Bank.
You’ll find them at stops on the Navigator’s lines.
A special nod to SlicPix of Dresden for the software engine that makes the trains run.
UpStart’s mission is to be the Bangor Region’s innovation hub that connects entrepreneurs statewide with resources to grow their businesses.
For more information on UpStart, contact innovation@upstartmaine.org